September 2009
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Everyone I've Had Sex With: By Megan Boyle →
August 2009
5 posts
my heart, my heart, my heart
it hurts.
we feel fine →
June 2009
3 posts
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong in the broken places.”
– Ernest Hemingway
I never imagined just how difficult it would be to watch people leave. This has to be one of the most trying parts of my undergrad experience.
April 2009
3 posts
I have a take-home exam due tomorrow,
then five more days until this is all over. I’m not sure what to think.
March 2009
3 posts
Finally!
Finally.
Finally things have slowed down for about… thirty minutes, so I have the time to formulate a [somewhat] coherent post. I’ve been wanting to express my feelings on life for a long while now, but as per usual, life snowballed and I’ve been rolling with it. There have been many ups and downs, but I’m coming out on top. I am metaphorically dripping wet with snow,...
Therapy (feat. Gramps Morgan) by India.Arie
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February 2009
2 posts
Ahmurrka!
I arrived in Florida yesterday and the weather is beautiful here! I’m surrounded by a very peaceful vibe, so I definitely feel a blog update coming on. I’ve been itching to dish about my life, but things have been wicked chaotic this semester. Even more so than ever! However, I’ve felt really good about it. I’m looking forward to telling you more.
Anyway, I’m...
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January 2009
1 post
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December 2008
6 posts
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Siberia
These days, I’m feeling incomplete. I’m trying to deconstruct my frame of mind in order to get an idea of what’s bothering me, but so far I’ve got nothin’. I’m in a prolonged state of uncertainty, and I think I have been for some time.
I kept imagining that after my exams were finished, I would immediately experience a [more than temporary] wave of serenity...
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Ambivalence is the spice of life.
So that tentative 2008/2009 plan I posted a few weeks ago has changed already, which has led me to the conclusion that I can’t make concrete life plans anymore. And even though that makes me sort of anxious, I’m more excited than anything.
November 2008
12 posts
“Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and...”
– Mohandas Gandhi (via skysignal)
“The snow was not snow to me, but gold dust. And the street lights were not...”
– Yann Martel, Self
17/12/2006
show me the colourful eyes the ones where my words coincide with untroubled silence show me the thoughtful smile when our polyphony waxes the sound of rapture show me the hands that I held each instance of obloquy and I’ll show you this heart this hesitant soul that I gave as you turned away and fractured all that we had
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Time for a real post.
This world this world keeps turnin’, turnin’ around This world keeps turnin’ me upside down I can’t do nothin’ to slow it down This world keeps turnin’ and turnin’ around - Brett Dennen
This pretty much describes how I feel about life these days.
I’m stunned by the number of revelations (both positive and negative) that we can have about our lives...
“In the eyes of many people, integrative simplicity represents rigidity, dogmatism, and self righteousness, whereas integrative complexity represents flexibility, open-mindedness, and tolerance for diverse viewpoints. In the eyes of others, integrative simplicity represents a willingness to stick by one’s principles, a willingness to persevere, and the ability to distinguish the...
Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty Cover) by John...
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October 2008
9 posts
“Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct...”
– Linus Pauling
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“So Far From Me” by Brett Dennen...
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"Just because I'm losing doesn't mean I'm lost"
I’ve been in such a plaintive mood lately, which is partly why I wasn’t so keen on updating my blog. I know that this is my place to express myself, but sometimes I just like to keep the melancholy complaints about my life inside of my head in order to spare my nearest & dearest.
After all, I ask myself, what right do I have to complain? Objectively speaking, I have a beautiful...
“I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write...”
– Emily Dickinson (via janelee)
My amateur photography →
My attempts at decent photography. Feedback is greatly appreciated!
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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as...
Wow, have I ever been bad with this blog.
This semester, I [overambitiously] told myself that I could participate in whatever I wanted to. I registered myself for five courses, joined three intramural sports teams, signed up for a conversational Spanish course, continued volunteering for the Yellow Door Elderly Project, and started up again part-time at my old job.
While some people are more...
August 2008
5 posts
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You'll say it's really good to see you You'll say...
Ignorance is ignorance, not bliss.
My first Maclean’s magazine arrived in the mail this week. I decided that I had to get a subscription to some sort of Canadian news source since I know, embarrassingly, fuck all about what is going on in my country. (I considered a newspaper subscription, but those are so exorbitantly priced! Stupid economy.) Politics is something that I’ve always found interesting, but I’ve...
"Wear the World on Your Heart" →
Joy Apparel is a really cool t-shirt company, and here’s why: they will sell you a tee with my face on it.
But seriously, I love the motivating force behind this concept. You purchase a t-shirt with someone’s face on it, and with that, you receive a little card with their name, age, location, and what their passion is in life. The idea is to demonstrate the interconnectedness...
TEDtalks: Jill Bolte Taylor →
I just finished reading her book, “My Stroke of Insight,” about a week ago. I feel like the implications of her experience are very powerful, and that we need to hear more about things like this in order to consider bridging the incredible gap that exists between science and spirituality.
Check out a plethora of incredible lectures like this one at http://www.ted.com.